A. No, sir; I heard parties' names mentioned, but as they afterwards disclaimed it, I suppose there was nothing in it.
Q. Have you any knowledge of the causes leading to the strike?
A. Double-headers, and the issue between the Trainmen's Union and the Pennsylvania railroad. That was the primary cause, as I understood it.
By Mr. Means:
Q. These parties that reported to you information from which this article was written, were they railroad men or were they citizens of Pittsburgh?
A. Citizens of Pittsburgh.
Q. From their reports then to you, you wrote this article?
A. Yes; from the aggregate reports this article was written.
Q. Were these business men, or were they laboring men, or what were they?
A. I couldn't exactly classify them. I think they represented all classes. I think the entire sympathy of the community, mercantile and otherwise, was with the strikers up to the time of news of violence.